Detroit MI

Detroit rapper Dank Demoss settles weight bias lawsuit with Lyft, nearly 8 months after viral video sparked national conversation.

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. When Tyra Smith-Bell took the helm of Pulaski Elementary-Middle School, more than three-quarters of the students were chronically absent. So Smith-Bell set out to transform the school culture and get teachers,...

DETROIT, MI – An argument turned violent when a man stabbed a woman with a knife multiple times, police said. A 40-year-old Farmington Hills man was arrested Saturday, Sept. 20, and lodged at the Detroit Detention Center in connection to the alleged attack, according to Michigan State Police. The...

A man was injured after a shooting in the 4900 block of Haverhill Street in Detroit.

Detroit police are stepping up nighttime traffic enforcement along Gratiot Avenue. The department’s specialized traffic unit has been running weekend enforcement, issuing more than 1,000 tickets to drivers for speeding, reckless driving, and other violations. We joined officers for a weekend ride-along to see the...

Two men died in an overnight crash on Gratiot Avenue, marking the latest in a series of fatal accidents that have prompted Detroit police to increase enforcement efforts in the area.

A cash aid program for moms and babies now running in 11 communities across Michigan, from parts of the eastern Upper Peninsula to metro Detroit, is linked with some promising outcomes, according to early research out of Flint, where it first began more than a year ago. Researchers found a...

WESTLAND, Mich. – Any animal lovers who have been waiting to add to their family might want to become a part of the 3rd Annual Meet Your Best Friend at the Shelter event at the are unable to attend the event in Westland, here’s a list of other groups participatingon Saturday, September 20th. In partnership with the...

First responders from across the city were recognized this week at DMC Sinai Grace Hospital by the Detroit East Medical Control Authority (DEMCA) for their extraordinary dedication to saving lives and providing critical pre-hospital care. The ceremony honored teams that have risen to the challenge in moments of...

A scheduled domestic flight from Cincinnati to Detroit in January 1997 lost control and crashed near Monroe, Michigan, killing all 29 people on board. Flight 3272, a Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia operated by Comair Airlines, Inc., encountered issues with procedures for icy conditions as it neared the Detroit Metro...